Here is a news report about some important research shedding light on the serious flaws in the way much research is done and used. This is not about the obvious propaganda efforts done by special service districts and civic associations to deceive. This relates to university based research which guides policymakers.
Statistics and elite researchers have been elevated to a divine status, instead of viewing statistics as limited tools. Consequently, statistical tools are over used and statisticians rule over policymaking and the development of new interventions. The attacks against teachers and human service workers exemplify this absurdity. The deification of statistics has also meant that practitioners and philosophers do not design pilot interventions. Statisticians design new interventions to support their data and sell their statistical packages and evaluation companies, but they don't tend to care about or be good at actually developing good interventions. This line of research is an important beginning to fixing a serious and fundamental problem for our society. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120605_Researchers_show_ease_of_finding_dubious_results.html?page=2&c=y ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
